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Infant Remains Recovered Near Halifax and Two People Charged

An autopsy has been ordered to determine cause and manner of death, with police continuing an active investigation and court proceedings set to follow

Police and ground search crews are searching a Halifax neighbourhood after officers found a woman in life-threatening condition who appeared to have recently given birth.
A passenger ferry, operated by Halifax Transit, makes its way across the Halifax harbour to the Woodside ferry terminal in Dartmouth, N.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Halifax police and volunteer search crews continued searching for a missing newborn after a woman who appeared to have just given birth showed up at a local hospital. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
The Dartmouth ferry is seen en route to Halifax, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark
Forensic identification officers examine a garbage bin at 214 Willett St. in Halifax on Saturday during a search for a missing newborn infant. The baby’s body was discovered Sunday in woods off Old Coach Road in Goodwood.

Overview

  • Police were first alerted Friday night after a woman who appeared to have just given birth arrived at a Halifax hospital in life‑threatening condition and the newborn could not be located.
  • Ground searches by Halifax Regional Police and Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue shifted from Clayton Park to Prospect Road and led to the recovery of human infant remains in a wooded area off Old Coach Road on Sunday.
  • Two people known to the woman — 23‑year‑old Sukhpreet Singh and his 26‑year‑old wife Ramandeep Kaur — have been charged with concealing the body of a child, obstruction and indignity to a dead body and are due in Halifax provincial court.
  • The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service will perform an autopsy to determine cause and manner of death, investigators say the probe is ongoing, and authorities have not yet confirmed whether the baby was born alive.
  • Police say the woman remains in critical, unresponsive condition and that her injuries are believed to stem from a medical emergency rather than from violence, while officials express condolences and warn the case has been traumatic for first responders.